Kirstie Allsopp has revealed that she plans to leave her £16m fortune to her children - but if they don't get a job, they won't get a penny.

The Devon TV presenter said that she will leave the lot to her sons Bay Atlas, 12, and Oscar Hercules, nine, so they can 'do what they like'.

The Location, Location, Location presenter, Kirstie, 46, whose partner is property tycoon Ben Anderson said: "Ben and I have been fortunate to make a considerable amount of money and I want my children not to have to do that.

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"If they want to be a teacher, midwife or research scientist, I want them to be able to do that. The privilege of the money we've earned is that the kids can do what they like.' But the presenter insisted she would give her sons nothing if they did not work.

She said: "I'd be horrified if they didn't work and wouldn't give them a penny.

"I'd be thrilled if they lived nearby, teaching at a local school while I looked after their children – that's my dream scenario.

"I hope the fact that they're OK [financially] gives them freedom to do good things,' Kirstie told Prima magazine. Ben is the father of Kirstie's sons.

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She is also stepmother to his sons from a previous relationship, Orion, 16, and Hal, 19.

Kirstie, whose father is a former chairman of Christie's auction house, attended top private schools before buying her first flat in Battersea, South London aged just 21. The star now owns two houses in Devon and one in Notting Hill, West London.

Her decision to give all her fortune to her children goes against those made by other wealthy celebrity parents, including Sir Elton John, Sting and Simon Cowell. Sir Elton, 71, said that while he wants his sons, Zachary, seven, and Elijah, five, to be in a 'sound financial state' he thinks too much money would 'ruin their life'.